Should you purchase followers on Instagram? Or how about using BOTS for some quick growth? Have you done this before?

I just had a very interesting sales call and before I got on it I felt like something was off… not sure what it was but I felt like it was going to be a scam or something. ANDDD it was. This lovely person (and they were super nice) has a business where you purchase followers, likes, and comments and a bot will follow and unfollow other accounts. They told me that I would be the perfect content creator and an affiliate for this and my account has a lot of potential for grow.. UMM FAKE GROWTH? I stopped him in his tracks to tell them that this goes against my ethics and business values. AND it’s what I teach my clients NOT TO DO. They then said but if I had 20K more followers, maybe more people would want to work with me. AGIN WHAT PEOPLE? They wont be there. Because they are FAKE! I said sorry (not sorry) but I am not the right fit for this. I told them I have clients with less than a 1000 followers that have incredibly successful businesses and I don’t believe in vanity metrics. I get it, people want followers and growth. Part of the ego death I had on NYE (fun times btw, having an ego at midnight on new year 😂) was about letting go numbers like these and not letting them define you or your success. Your business and your success is not defined by the number of followers you have. These things take time. Anyway, rant over! Moral = don’t but followers. If you liked today’s podcast episode we would be so grateful if you would leave us a review on iTunes. When you do take a screenshot and DM it to Ela and she will send you my HOW TO CREATE CONTENT GUIDE as a little thank you! Ela Mazur Creative: https://www.elamazurcreative.com/ GET IN TOUCH: [email protected] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRr2BhTxtLdGTTByC61sPLA?view_as=subscriber Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elamazurcreative/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elamazurcreative/message